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Son of former Madison residents and grandson of Moberlyan, Brice Garnett, qualifies for U.S. Open Championship.

Moberly Greyhounds assistant coach Nate Johnson leaves program.

Chuck Embree

Garnett qualifies for U.S. Open

The 28-year old son of a couple who formerly lived in Madison - and the grandson of two Moberly women - qualified for the USGA U.S. Open reported Kris Elsberry of Madison, friend of the family.
Brice Garnett, son of Tom and Nancy Garnett, all of Gallatin and formerly of Madison, turned a professional pro in 2006 and qualified for his first U.S. Open Championship. The famous golf tournament will be held June 14-17 in San Francisco, Calif.
His tee time Thursday from Hole No. 1 is 4:46 p.m. (CDT) and on Friday he begins at 8:50 a.m.
Brice graduated from Missouri Western State University in 2006.
Garnett also is the grandson of Mary Ragsdale, and Marjorie Garnett, both of Moberly.

Greyhounds’ Johnson moves on
The latest men’s inductee into the Moberly Greyhounds Hall of Fame who has served the past 3 years as Moberly?Area Community College men’s assistant basketball coach has left the program.
On Friday the University of Missouri-Kansas City athletics department reported ex-Greyhounds assistant coach and former player Nate Johnson was hired to be an assistant coach at UMKC for the 2012-13 season.
Johnson is from Kansas City and graduated from Ruskin H.S.
He played for the MACC Greyhounds under Patrick Smith - who returns this coming year to the MACC helm - in 2001-02 earning NJCAA?All-American honors, and then at Florida State University from 2002-04. Johnson also played professionally in Europe for 3 years before entering the coaching ranks.
After returning stateside, Johnson became a graduate assistant coach under Smith when he coached at Trinity Valley CC of?Texas. The last three seasons he has served under former Greyhounds coach Jay Spoonhour as an assistant coach.
In April of 2011, Johnson was inducted into MACC’s Greyhounds Hall of Fame.
Coach Smith is now in search of two assistants for the upcoming Greyhounds season.